Fire drama in Mittersill: Fast fire brigade saves residents from flames!

Fire drama in Mittersill: Fast fire brigade saves residents from flames!

In the late afternoon of December 23, 2024, the Mittersill fire brigade was called to a dramatic apartment fire in a single -family house. When the head of operations Kurt Kollmann arrived, massive smoke from a room was already visible. There were also police forces from the affected apartment on site, as fireworld.at . A respiratory protection squad of the tank fire engine immediately started combating the fire. The rapid action of the emergency services prevented a greater spread of the flames.

The situation continued to escalate when the fire brigade was also alerted to a fire in a attic apartment on Friday. Operations manager BI Alfred Scharler found on his arrival that the apartment was already on fire. It was unclear whether there were other people inside. A respiratory protection team immediately carried out danger exploration and was able to find and save another person in the fire apartment. The other residents of the three -story house were also evacuated unharmed, as meinzirk.at reported.

crisis management of the emergency services

During the intensive extinguishing work, which took about 20 minutes, additional forces from the Hollersbach fire brigade were used to support. A total of over 65 people from various fire departments were deployed. The fire fighting was carried out with a turntable ladder from both inside and outside. After the extinguishing work, the building was ventilated and the extinguishing water was removed with water cleaner.